The Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) has launched a procedure to eliminate the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) and the Belarusian Biathlon Federation (BFB) due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reports Tribuna. com.

The IBU noted that the federations of the occupying countries have seven more days to engage in humanitarian activities in the spirit of the organization and help the victims of the war in Ukraine. If this does not happen, then the decision on exclusion will be approved.

Earlier, the IBU suspended biathletes from the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation from all competitions under the auspices of the organization.

The IBU has also started working with other European federations to provide assistance to the Ukrainian biathlon community.. We are talking about training camps for Ukrainian athletes and teams of all categories, as well as the purchase of sports equipment for 250 thousand euros..

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Earlier it was reported that the stage of the Biathlon World Cup was taken away from Belarus.